Spring-seat.



0. 'A. RIPLEY.

SPRING SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 30, 1913.

1,149,292. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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onirinnno a. or LINDEN, ilirorirennl' 7 To all whomitmay conccmri I Be it known that I, ORLANDO A. PtI.PLEY, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Lindemin the county of Ge'nesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in spring seats, and is particularly applicable for use in connection with agri cultural implements.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a spring seat which may be.

attached to agricultural implements of the floating-spring tooth-drag type of land cultivators, and although the device is of course applicable for use in connection, with other implements in this art I have, in the following specification and the. accompanying drawings, shown the improved seat attached for use in connection with the sectional drag or cultivator.

There are at the present time numerous makes of sectional drags on the market, but diltliculties have been encountered in devising a suitable seat. for use with this particular class of implements, and customarily i so the implement is not equipped'with' a seat.

By the utilization of my inVentiOn-I am enabled to construct a suitable andeliicient spring seat with which this class of culti vator may be equipped, and which seat will perform the functions of a comparatively perfect device of this character.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention construct- I ed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the p actical application of the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a spring tootlrdrag or cultivator equipped with the spring seat of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view showing some parts in section to more clearly illustrate the attachment of the spring seatto the frame ofthe nent frame.

implement. Fig. 3 is a rear view partly in section on thescale of that shown in Fig.1,

illustrating the seat attachedto the impleand its attachment to the frame bars of the Y sectional implement. a

In the preferred embodiment ofmy inVention I have equipped an implementhaving the usual frame bars 1 and 2 fromwhich Application filed'October 30,1913; summe /93,246.

which is attached between Fig. 4 is a perspective detail showing the front end of the spring tongue s s'p c fi t n Let er i t Patented Augdl),

are supportedthe spring teeth amt the a mplement is furnished" with the usual wheels 41, draft clevis' 5,-and an elevating lever 6. The frame ofthe implement 1ncludesthe transversebars land 8, and the, longitudinally extending bars 1 andl to which the seat is attached.

II1-lFigl3, it will be seen'that the'bars 7 and 1 are portions of theleft section'of theimplementand barsS and 1 areportions of the right section of the implement; The

bars 1 and 1 are suitably coupled to connect the sections of the implement, but as the bars 1 and l and 7 and S are the only portions of the frame specifically involved in my invention, it is not necessary to illustrate the complete frame in detail, The ,seat 9 is ofmetal as ordinarily constructed. and of suitable size and is sup-'- ported from the front by, a spring tongue 10 the longitudinal framebars 1 and 1 by means of a pair of angle irons 11 and 12, the former attached to the bar 1 andthe latter attachedto the bar 1?. These angle bars are perforated for the accommodation of a clamp bolt 13 which is passed therethrough and also throughthe 4: of the spring tongue 10, e

perforated end 1 g and a nut 15 is secured on to theend. of the bolt to clamp the parts together. The rear end of the spring tongue is secured to a bridge member or yoke 16, by a bolt 17 and nut 18. This yoke is of approximately in-' L .verted U-shape and is firmly attached tothe seat 9, while'its perforated ends 19 and 19 yoke, perforated, and secured by a bolt as 20 to a clip21 or 2-,1 on the bar 8 or l', as shown in Fig. 3.

the perforated ears 23 of the'clips together,

are twisted at an angle to the plane of the V I e y 95. A nut 22 clamps the ends of the yoke and but the joint may be sufficiently loose to permit a lateral or seat uponthe. yoke. The yoke 16 may also e of spring metal, and asthus constructed, the yoke and spring tongue which support the seatprovide for a cushioning move-j ment to absorb shocks and also to equalize any irregularitiesin the movement of the implement sections as the implement is dragged over the ground. Thus, the right sectionof the implement may be lifted above the altitude of the left section, but the yoke and tongue which supportthe seat will absorb the irregularity due to the position of the sections and the equilibrium of the seat swaying movement of the will 'be maintained; Vertical shocks of the spring seat Will of 'coursefloe absorbed by the spring'tongue and U-shape yoke, and m this manner" the spring seat of my invention 7,

which is comparatiyely cheap in first cost and maintenance andWhichWill be found a very desirable accessory-for implements of the character referred to herein.

a -V 7 Having thus described my lnvention What,

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Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Let;

ters Patent, is:

The; combination; w th the longitudinally and traasversei extending franie bars of a sectional cultivator of a laterally extending inetallicl' spring yoke connecting said sec tlons, and a seat fixed on theyoke, a clip on a transverse bar in each'section of the cultijvator, and clamping bolts attached tothe clips and loosely connected vto the perfbrated ends of the yoke, and a spring tongue Witnesses i CLA DE: E. HYA'rr, WILLIAM-H, GAMBER,

Washington, D. G.

' ORLANDO A. RiiL Y it f 

